LIFE IN MANILA MAY DAY FESTIVAL FEATURED
Special correspondence from San Fernando reports life in Manila during the war, detailing a May Day style festival, Filipino civic scenes, and interviews with escaped Spaniards. The piece notes Kansas volunteers, a proposed muster out in San Francisco, and local sentiment favoring American governance. It covers battlefield actions, cavalry patrols, and society life along Luneta, with vivid scenes of processions, music, and public mood toward independence.
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State Journal
San Fernando
Lancas
Philippines
Kansan
Funstom
Topeke
War Department
United States Service
Francisco
Topeka
San Francisco
Kansas
Commonwealth
Tom
John T. Wiloughiby
Brecas
China Sea
Uncle Sans
Luneta
Bataan
Corresider
England
Wotan
Tome Teil
Atelna de Flores
Karé
Senor
Mariano Vellejo
Dagupan
Ines
Manila
Armerican Custone
Luzone
America
Lont
Mace
Damoceada
Maanila
United States
Bettina Girard in Police Court Amid Decay of Famous Beauty
Bettina Girard once a Washington society favorite and daughter of General Ordway faced a Jefferson Market magistrate for drunken disorderly conduct. Committed to Blackwell's Island for three months, she cited inability to control drinking while entertaining a crowd on Sixth Avenue. Her storied life included marriage to Arthur Padelford, a Baltimore millionaire, and later a stage career with figures like John Tarrson and Vita Beech, ending in narcotic troubles and renewed family sorrow.
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Ordway
Blackwell's
New York
Washington
Bettina Girard
Cornell
Jefferson Market
Blackwell's Island
Bettina
Gerard
Sixth Avenue
Society of
Washiton
Arthurs Padeifort
Baltemore
John Tarrson
Wolf
Vita Beach
Philip Senuyier
Bellevue
Manila A Pond Forces Residents Into Upper Floors
Manila reports say typhoons and rains have flooded the city turning streets into gutters over a foot deep in mud. Barracks are surrounded, soldiers patrol in two feet of water, and creeks overflowed. Admiral Watson narrowly escaped a flood at the Pasig. The bercheri outbreak and Manila’s currency confusion add to the turmoil as officials face currency regulation disputes.
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Vancouver
Manila
Sampshce
Advairal Watson
Pasig
Puenta Espana
Bulbit
Custom House
Willitt
British Government Eyes Giant Yellow Pine Deal
London and New York reports say Britain may contract for about 500 million feet of yellow pine from Orange Texas firm Luther Moore Lumber. Delivery to Gulf ports expected with possible use for a rail project to Cape Town or for British possessions. If confirmed, the plan would boost Southeast Texas mills and raise lumber prices and ocean freight.
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Galveston
Tex
Ali
London
New York
Moore Lumber Company, Limited
Orange, Tex
Mainager Fields
Lumber Company
Fields
Gulf Ports
Picky
South Africa
British West Indies
Texas
Ube Nile
Cape Town
Woman Leaps to Death in Relievile
Miss Delia Lamont, 26, visiting Miss Harris from St. Louis, leaped 60 feet from a trestle over Highland Creek Valley. Harris witnessed the plunge and she suffered a severe spinal injury with internal damage. Lamont died soon after or was not expected to survive the night.
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Relievile
Delia Tarmont
Miss Lamont
Miss Harris
St. Louis
Hichland Creek Valley
Miss Ha
Burglars Take 1200 Dollars and Diamonds From Widow
Burglars gagged and bound a South Whitley widow and stole 1200 dollars in cash and her diamond ear rings. They forced her servant to open the safe during the early morning burglary in South Whitley Tad Age.
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South Whitley
Tad
Robbers Seize Handcar Then Escape on Tracks
A gang stole 1,200 im caab and several articles of valle before leaving. They fled on a handcar from a section house and were chased by a posse of citizens. Fort Wayne dispatch reports a detective arrested a stranger selling a stolen watch matching the thief's description.
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Valle
Fort Wayne
Chain Gang Strike At Bath Prison Sparks Jailbreak Attempt
County jail inmates on a chain gang at Bath New York struck for eight hour limits and refused orders to work. Deputies pushed to resume toil as several prisoners broke chains and fled in various directions before most were recaptured. The incident remained quiet publicly, with officials later confirming the strike and escape attempts.
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Bath
Pilgrimage of Cryptic Masons of Colorado
An odd travel notice promotes a Pilgrimage of Cryptic Masons of Colorado with reduced round trips to Denver Pueblo and points to Kansas and Nebraska. It advertises Union Pacific routes and urges contacting an agent for tickets and schedules amid era promotional travel language.
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Pilgrimage OF Cryptic Masons OF
Colorado
Anies Pacific
Denver
Pueblo
Kansas
Nebraska
Meade
Union Pacific
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Tmdiss Svetistce
Geraughty
Cherokee Street
Leavenworth
Kas
Colorado Flyer
Dr. Lyon
H. C. Bowman
Columbian Building
Sateae
Geek
Sylvan Lake Hotel
Custer, S.D
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Winslow
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Cavite
Paranaque
Raroor
Ee Navy
Las Pinas
Paraneque
Momrer
Baconr
Chship
Mantle
Mails Crizade
Sherman
Hades
la Democracia
House of State
Alix
Eigerric
Wildman
Hong Kong
Conkol Wiltman
Uuire
Jookim
Neil
Amelrasia
Archipelago
Conaul Wildmann
Lusso
Panay
Negros
Mindanao
Dwight
Fale
Admiral Watson
Great Lumber Contract
Delia Lamont
Louis
Berrigden
Wll Arue
Premington
Standard Typewriter
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict
Broadway, N.Y
TL. Myers
W. 9Th St
Kansas City
Union Oa
Wyoming
Utah
California
Oregon
F. A. Lewis
A. C. Fulton
Barkley
Kansas Ave
Southwestern Fuel CO. Tol
Hanus
Omnes
Ell Drue
Toetet Thet Pons Grocer
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